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FANTA-2 Partners
The FANTA-2 project is funded by USAID and managed by the Academy for
Educational Development.
Partners include International Food Policy and Research Institute (IFPRI),
Nutriset, Regional Center for Quality of Health Care (RCQHC), Technical
Assistance to NGOs (TANGO), Tufts University, University of California-Davis,
University of KwaZulu Natal, Washington University in St. Louis, and Valid
International.
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US
Agency for International Development (USAID) is the
US federal government agency that implements Americas
foreign economic assistance programs.
Office
of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition (HIDN) of the
Bureau for Global Health
The USAID Bureau for Global Health focuses on global leadership,
technical suport to the field and research and evaluation.
Office
of Food for Peace of the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and
Humanitarian Assistance
USAIDs Food for Peace Programs (Public Law 480) supports
both humanitarian and sustainable development assistance in
the form of US agricultural commodities. Title II is managed
by the Food for Peace office.
The Office
of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) works with
US Embassies and USAID Missions to assess the need for US
assistance in responding to foreign disasters.
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The Academy
for Educational Development (AED)
The FANTA project is managed by the Academy for Educational
Development. AED is an independent non-profit organization
committed to solving critical social problems in the US and
throughout the world.
AEDs major areas of focus include health, education,
enterprise and economic development, environment and energy,
and youth development.
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Tufts
University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
is a center for research in food security and nutrition and
a subcontractor on the project. The focus of their work with
FANTA is on specific policy and technical issues and operations
research.
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The International
Food Policy Research Institute works to identify and
analyze policies for sustainably meeting the food needs of
the developing world. Research at IFPRI concentrates on economic
growth and poverty alleviation in low-income countries, improvement
of the well-being of poor people, and sound management of
the natural resource base that supports agriculture. IFPRI
seeks to make its research results available to all those
in a position to use them and to strengthen institutions in
developing countries that conduct research relevant to its
mandate.
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Regional
Centre for Quality of Health Care (RCQHC)
The Regional Centre for Qualtiy of Health Care (RCQHC), a
non-profit organization based in Uganda, works to build regional
capacity in health care by promoting better practices through
education, networking, and strategic partnerships. RCQHC serves
as the base for the Quality of Health Care Network, a group
of over 1,000 health care professionals from governments,
private sector, and NGOs in 20 nations in Eastern and Southern
Africa.
With the growth of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the region and
increasing recognition of the disease's nutritional implications,
RCQHC has taken a leading role in supporting improved knowledge
and increased adoption of state-of-the-art practices in nutrition
and HIV/AIDS.
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Technical
Assistance to NGOS (TANGO) International
TANGO (Technical Assistance to Non-Governmental Organizations)
provides technical assistance in the form of institutional
capacity building to organizations involved in development
and food security. TANGO's key focus areas include health
and education, development relief, urban livelihoods, food
and livelihood security, and HIV/AIDS.
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World Health
Organization is the United Nations specialized agency
for health. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution,
is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level
of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state
of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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Standing Commission on Nutrition (SCN) is the focal
point for harmonizing the policies and activities on nutrition
of the United Nation system. The SCN publishes the Refugee
Nutrition Information System (RNIS) reports quarterly. RNIS
provides information on the nutrition situation of refugee
and displaced populations. The reports focus on Sub-Saharan
Africa but also include some information on the situation
in Asia.
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World Food
Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in
the fight against global hunger. WFP aims to save lives in
refugee crises and other emergencies, improve nutrition and
quality of life of the world's most vulnerable people at critical
times in their lives, and enable development by (a) helping
people build assets that benefit them directly; (b) promoting
the self-reliance of poor people and communities.
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Valid
International is a United Kingdom-based consulting
firm focusing on operational research in emergency situations.
The Community Therapeutic Care
(CTC) program is managed by Valid International with support
from FANTA-2.
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The Kenya
Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), in Nairobi, conducts
biomedical research and serves as a centre of excellence for
health research in Africa. It also works closely with the
Kenyan Ministry of Health and various national councils and
committees on issues of research policy and priorities.
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The
Treatment and Research AIDS Center (TRAC) was created
to conduct national HIV/AIDS surveillance and provide technical
assistance to the public and private sectors in the prevention,
testing and clinical treatment of HIV/AIDS in Rwanda. TRAC
is responsible for national planning, policy development,
training of trainers and curriculum development for clinical
programs. TRAC provides technical assistance and guidance
in the effective organization and management of HIV/AIDS programs.
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